Rail joint and chair.



K. R. SNYDER.

RAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3.1915.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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KARL RAYMOND SNYDER, OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAIL JOINT AND CHAIR.

Application filed June 3, 1915.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, KARL RAYMOND SNY- DER, a citizen of the United States residing at Connellsville in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints and Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a new and improved rail joint which is designed to eliminate the use of the ordinary detachable fish plates and accompanying fastening members, to the end that a more simple and efficient device may be provided. I

A further object is to provide a device of this character that includes in its organization, a chair structure to fit snugly beneath the adjacent ends of the rails and while thoroughly fulfilling the requirements of such a device, is also designed to cooperate with the locking means with the View of securely retaining the ends of the rails thereon.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which may be readily used in case of emergencies, especially at points where the rail becomes broken, in order that traffic may be continued until the new rail is supplied.

A still further object is to provide a device for the purpose set forth which is designed to supersede the prior analogous devices yet which may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

The above and other objects which will become apparent are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like parts throughout the several views; Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved rail joint. Fig. 2 is vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing parts in section and elevation. Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the chair. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of an improved locking saddle which is employed.

In the accompanying drawings the numerals 10 and 11 designate a pair of rail Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 31,908. Y

members in connection with which my inportions of the webs. The plates 18 are in turn provided with longitudinally extending flanges 19 which terminate adjacent the ends of the said plates and extend downwardly to a point flush with the vertical plane of the outer edges of the base flanges. Therefore it is expedient that the under faces of the said flanges extend at the angle indicated by the numeral 20 so as to fit snugly upon the upper beveled face of the base flanges. While the under faces of the flanges extend at the angle mentioned above the upper faces are beveled longitudinally as at 21 so as to appear wedge shaped.

The chair 22 extends beneath the base flanges of the respective rails and is provided with standards 23 which are spaced from the ends thereof. In turn the standards are provided with inwardly extending blocks 24 which extend longitudinally at an angle similar to the angle of the upper face of the flanges 19 so that when the blocks are forcibly driven in connection with the flanges a binding action will be exerted between the co-acting angular faces thereof which will tend to draw'the saddle tightly upon the respective extensions 15 and 16 and hold the same firmly on the base flanges.

In the operation of this invention the sad dle is first arranged over the adjacent extensions 15 and 16 and the chair is driven along 4 the rail 10 until the respective blocks become bound on the flanges. When the chair assumes this position suitable fastening elements may be driven into the ties (not shown) and engaged with the cut-outs 25 to prevent retrograde movement.

From the foregoing it is believed that the advantages and novel features of my inven tion will be readily apparent and therefore a further description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred to herein as the most practical and preferred embodiment is the most efficient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily'vary in concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction and the proportion of parts may be resorted to when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a pair of rails having the 'ballportion thereof cut away to form extensions at adjacent ends thereof, of a saddle seated on said extensions, plates depending from said saddle in contact with the sides of said extensions, lateral flanges on said plates fitting the upper face of the base flanges of the rails, the upper faces of said flanges slanting longitudinally toward one end, a chair portion fitting beneath said rails, standards on said chair portions projecting upwardly on each side of said rails, inwardly directed blocks carried by said standards and fitting the upper faces of said first named flanges, the under faces of said blocks slanting longitudinally toward one end whereby a Wedging action is formed between the slanting faces thereof and the slanting of the face of said first named flanges such as will draw said saddle firmly upon said extensions and bind the base flanges of said rails and said chair against relative movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KARL RAYMOND SNYDER. Witnesses:

M. J. ROLAND, HARYEY DINSMORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G. 

